Friday, April 4, 2008

The first junco of the season..



I saw a bird with a darkish head over in the same bush where the waxwings were. Today I saw one at the feeder and it is obviously a junco. I assume it is a slate-coloured junco but it could be dark-eyed. I don't really know enough to tell the difference. Around here many people don't even know them even as juncos. They are little grey sparrows with dark heads and white underparts that show up for a while in the spring! I found out a while back too that snow buntings are simply snow birds. I thought snow birds were Canadians that went to the Southern U.S. for the winter..

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